Trish Travels: 14 Mile Beach, Warra

Day 36 - 14 Mile Beach, Warra

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Wednesday 24th April to Thursday 2nd May

Drove to the south boundary of Warra and climbed the headland. After clambering to the top with our breakfasts decided I wasn't game to fight off the flies as I tried to eat it, so just enjoyed the view and ate it in the car later. Checked out all the other beach tracks heading north. Some lovely places, but not deserted, as we prefer, and still flies. Got up to Sandy Point, but only 9 sites and all full, so continued up to 14 mile beach. Know it is the caravan area, so not really expecting too much.

The caretakers he, Lesley and Ross are delightful. Lesley had us hop in the Suzuki Jeep, me squished on M's lap, so she could show us the couple of sites she had. The north end of the beach has all the long termers , big vans lined up side by side, generators, wind annexes, squid jig aerials, boats. They were set up for the season. Down the south end they had some lovely little beach front sites separated by salt bush. One was available in a couple of days, so we set up just behind the dunes. It was actually quite pleasant and wondered if we should stay there as it was a bit more protected from the wind.

Enjoyed our walks everyday and watching the changing conditions of the ocean, tides, wind, light etc. we were very close to the camp hosts so enjoyed a fair bit of their company. They had been here continually for 16 months, and had no intention of moving on yet. I can see why they love it.

The option of a 'beach front' property won out and we moved over. A bit of a challenge as it was quite sloping. We were building up little hills to park on so we would get level, but we are doing a good job of 'slowing' down so what does it matter if it takes all day - the beer is still cold at the end of the day :)

Have got to know all our 'neighbours' and we now have the sundowner circle going on the beach - it started off just 4of us and now every night it grows. For us it is like home with our Waterside neighbours. Trevor and Vicki, the first couple we met, are very like minded. Trevor keen on the fishing and has been picking M up at dawn to drive out to a little rocky headland to fish. They have each caught a good size Spangly.

The only coverage here is a couple of Kms away, up the tallest hill. So I get a lift from Vicky for my communication 'fix'. We are coming to realise that if we want to live on the road, and stay put in places a bit longer, having the camper on the car is not always ideal - might have to 'tweak' our set up a little. Giving us lots to think and talk about.

Last night was farewell to Vicki and Trevor, they set off back home this morning. The circle might be a bit quieter, but you never, their beach front property could be filled by another bubbly couple, we will see. You never know. We met another Trish and Vernon, who are keen fishers and had a secret spot up the track. They called past this morning to pick up my fisherman, fingers crossed he will return with dinner.